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The maternal mortality situation in Latin America and the Caribbean is dire:

• Nearly 8,400 women die each year due to pregnancy-related complications.
• Inequities in socioeconomic status, gender, ethnicity, education, place of residence and age increase the risk of dying during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium.
• 9 out of 10 maternal deaths are preventable with timely access to evidence-based maternal care, including to contraception.
• The COVID 19 pandemic caused a 20-year setback in maternal health indicators in the region.

In response to this crisis, the Regional Task Force for the Reduction of Maternal Mortality (GTR) is launching the “Zero Maternal Deaths: Prevent the Preventable” campaign, a call to action to join forces to accelerate maternal mortality reduction in Latin American and the Caribbean.

GTR members are the ��������/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), EE Agency for International Development (USAID), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank (WB), the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the Latin American Federation of Obstetrics Societies and Gynecology, Fòs Feminista, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership.